Villa Paree residents Sharon Giles and James Lee discuss Wednesday's shooting at the Northeastside complex. A resident shot four people, killing one, before taking his own life, police said.

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James Lee always has liked the peace and quiet of Villa Paree Apartments on the Northeastside, with grassy courtyards, wooded surroundings and mostly older tenants. It's one of the reasons he has lived there for seven years.

"Usually, the loudest thing you hear is the traffic on Allisonville Road," Lee, 52, said as he buffed his Corvette sports car in a parking lot.

But the quiet was shattered Wednesday afternoon when a resident went on a shooting rampage, leaving one woman dead and three other people wounded before taking his own life. ...